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Hair Tourniquet of the Uvula.
J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg
March 2022
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Narayana Health, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Hair tourniquet syndrome (HTS) is a condition, where a strand of hair encircles the base of an appendage. We report a rare case of HTS of the uvula and review relevant literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe folk illness kimeo and "traditional" uvulectomy: an ethnomedical study of care seeking for children with cough and weakness in Dar es Salaam.
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
April 2022
, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Background: Amputation of the uvula by lay providers, so-called "traditional uvulectomy", is common in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. In Tanzania, the procedure is a treatment of persistent cough, and in some areas of the country, one in three children have been cut. Previous research from Sub-Saharan Africa suggest that uvulectomy by lay providers can increase morbidity and mortality in children, but few studies have examined the cultural ideas and practices that are linked to this form of lay surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFemale Genital Hair-Thread Tourniquet Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Systematic Review.
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol
February 2021
Department of Gynecology, ASST Monza, San Gerardo University Hospital, Monza, Italy.
"Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome" (HTTS) describes the condition in which fibers of hair or thread wrap around an appendage (ie, toes, fingers, genital structures, tongue, uvula, and neck), eventually causing ischemia and tissue necrosis. To date, few cases of female genitalia HTTS have been described. We report a case of female genitalia HTTS in a 5-year-old girl and report the state of the art by systematically reviewing all existing evidence about female genital HTTS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Traditionally Amputated Uvula amongst Nigerians: Still an Ongoing Practice.
ISRN Otolaryngol
June 2013
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, PMB 2076, Plateau State, Jos, Nigeria.
Traditional healers in Nigeria continue to perform uvulectomy for all throat problems despite the severe complications they present to physicians. It is a hospital-based prospective study done at the outpatient unit of the Department of Otolaryngology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria to determine the prevalence of traditional uvulectomy, highlighting the dangers it portends with suggested ways of providing improved health outcomes for our people. We saw 517 new cases of which 165 (32%) patients aged 2 years to 53 years had their uvulae amputated consisting of 108 (65.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSilencing the snorers: no gain without pain?
J Laryngol Otol
July 2006
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Newcastle, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Objective: To compare the estimated effects of conservative surgery to those of a mandibular advancement splint (MAS) in the treatment of habitual snoring.
Method: Prospective, observational, non-randomized cohort study.
Results: Adequate follow-up data were available for 88 participants (23 following coblation, 65 after provision of an MAS).
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